"The Hobbit meets Heavy Metal"

This page is dedicated to the Cycle of Ages Saga. The first novel, COAS: Finders Keepers, introduces faraway Faltyr and an exciting new dark fantasy storyline. It was published by Dark Oak Press in August 2013. The sequel novel, COAS: Sands of Sorrows, was published in 2015. Both are available through Amazon, B&N.com, BAM.com, and other major retailers. You can also find them here: jjeremyhicks.wordpress.com cycleofagessaga.com

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Brief Book Reviews -- Cinched: Imagination Unbound

Brief Book Reviews — Cinched: Imagination Unbound

This not-so-brief installment of Brief Book Reviews drops just in time for publisher and contributor John Hartness’s birthday. Thankfully, Cinched: Imagination Unbound, the anthology he convinced me to buy at JordanCon in Atlanta, deserves a glowing review as much as this man deserves a round of applause for pulling together yet another amazing collection.

The stories featured in Cinchedare…

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My HBS Author's Spotlight Interview

New author interview thanks to the HBS Author's Spotlight!

Author James Moushon did me the honor of interviewing me for his HBS Author’s Spotlight. Please check out the interview by clicking the logo below, and if you care, please share. 🙂 Thanks!

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Delve Deep Into The Cycle of Ages Saga at Rob-Con (Saturday & Sunday, July 29-30, 2017)

Delve Deep Into The Cycle of Ages Saga at Rob-Con (Saturday & Sunday, July 29-30, 2017)

Upcoming author appearance this weekend! Come out for signed copies of Cycle of Ages Saga: Delve Deep and more!

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Brief Book Reviews: Jacquelyn and the Sparkly Emo Vampire Goat (by A.G. Carpenter)

Brief Book Reviews: Jacquelyn and the Sparkly Emo Vampire Goat (by A.G. Carpenter)

Jacquelyn and the Sparkly Emo Vampire Goat by A.G. Carpenter My rating: 5 of 5 stars When this author first told me the title of her book at LibertyCon 2017, I was wary. Very wary. However, when she told me that it was a fairy tale spoof of Jack and the Beanstalk combined with a satire of Twilight, I bought it immediately. Best five bucks I have ever spent! Read this aloud to my girlfriend and…

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Cycle of Ages Saga: Delve Deep available for preorder on Kindle

Cycle of Ages Saga: Delve Deep available for preorder on Kindle

Can’t wait for the paperback version? Head on over to Amazon where you can preorder the Kindle version of Cycle of Ages Saga: Delve Deep for only $3.99! The third novel in our saga will be auto-delivered to your device or email on June 29, 2017. Click the cover image below to order now!  

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Cover Reveal -- Cycle of Ages Saga: Delve Deep

Cover Reveal — Cycle of Ages Saga: Delve Deep

Kaladimus Dor, Yax’Kaqix, and the rest of Finders Keepers return this summer in the epic third novel in the Cycle of Ages Saga. Delve Deep picks up in the months following the events at the end of Sands of Sorrow, and takes the characters on an exciting trek from Fraustmauth through a Free Dwarf city, a subterranean port located in Faltyr’s Underworld, on their way to restore hope to a world torn…

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Brief Book Reviews: Changa's Safari by Milton J. Davis

Brief Book Reviews: Changa’s Safari by Milton J. Davis

For this installment of Brief Book Reviews, I’ve chosen my most recent read, Changa’s Safari, written by the prolific and imaginative Milton J. Davis. Without spoiling too much of this rollicking, swashbuckling adventure, I will say that it was an insta-buy once I saw the cover art and read the back cover blurb at JordanCon 2017. With several books in this series and continuing collections of…

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Two Seconds (a guest blog by Brett Brooks)

Two Seconds (a guest blog by Brett Brooks)

Two seconds.   Think about that. Really think about it. How long is two seconds? What do you think you can do in two seconds? Not much, really. But, if you are an author, two seconds is a huge amount of time for you. That’s because studies have shown that you have that long to catch a reader’s eye with the cover of your book. We live in a society of instant gratification and short attention…

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Birthday Goodreads Giveaway: Sands of Sorrow

Birthday Goodreads Giveaway: Sands of Sorrow

Another Birthday Giveaway on Goodreads! Enter today for a chance to win!

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Birthday Goodreads Giveaway: Sands of Sorrow

Birthday #Goodreads #Giveaway: Sands of Sorrow #fantasy #horror

I’m turning 40 this month, but I may have a gift for you instead. Enter our Goodreads giveaway before month’s end for a CHANCE to win a FREE AUTOGRAPHED paperback of the new edition of the Cycle of Ages Saga: Sands of Sorrow! Just click on the widget below to enter! Goodreads Book Giveaway Sands of Sorrow by Jeremy Hicks Giveaway ends May 01, 2017. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter…

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Birthday Goodreads Giveaway

I turn 40 later this month, so I'm running a Birthday Goodreads Giveaway. Enter to win!

I’m turning 40 this month, but I may have a gift for you instead. Enter our Goodreads giveaway before month’s end for a CHANCE to win a FREE AUTOGRAPHED paperback of the new edition of the Cycle of Ages Saga: Finders Keepers! Just click on the widget below to enter! Goodreads Book Giveaway Finders Keepers by Jeremy Hicks Giveaway ends April 30, 2017. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter…

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Brief Book Reviews #1: Edible Complex by Brett Brooks

Brief Book Reviews #1: Edible Complex by Brett Brooks

Polonius tells us, “Brevity is the soul of wit”, and in our modern society brevity is more important than ever. Especially when it comes to social media marketing and pitching products to a society with a short attention span. To this effect, I have instituted a new series on my blog with the apt, if not-so-original, name “Brief Book Reviews.” Sticking with my love of alliteration, I have decided…

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Donald Trump’s presidency has been good for business, with a soaring stock market, a freeze on new regulations and an Oval Office that appears to have an open door for CEOs. But Trump has been especially good news for the industries in which he has a personal interest: real estate, construction, entertainment, hospitality, gambling and, of course, golf.

Trump’s early policy moves benefit the industries he knows best — his own

But her emails.

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Cycle of Ages Saga Enters New Edition with the New Year

Cycle of Ages Saga Enters New Edition with the New Year

Broke Guys Productions transitions to small-print press with these editions. To ring in the New Year, co-creators Jeremy Hicks and Barry Hayes would like to announce new editions of their gripping, action-packed dark fantasy novels in the Cycle of Ages Saga. Mr. Hicks—acting as publisher for their company, Broke Guys Productions—reacquired the rights to their first novel from Dark Oak Press and…

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Neal Brennan on why Trump is the biggest snowflake of them all.

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So deeply saddened to hear about Harper Lee

She was an incredible inspiration to me. As a child of the South, where prejudice runs rampant, her characters spoke to me and helped me to see what I’ve always felt in my heart, that hatred towards others is never okay. Although I didn’t read TKAMB until I was an adult, she gave me a positive male role model to look up to, in the absence of one in my life. She and her characters alike were an inspiration to me from a reader’s point of view, but also from a writer’s. I’m sad to hear of her passing, but she lives on through TKAMB. Thank you, Harper Lee. Thank you for everything.

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History shows that atheism is as natural to humans as religion

Despite being written out of large parts of history, atheists thrived in the polytheistic societies of the ancient world – raising considerable doubts about whether humans really are “wired” for religion – a new study suggests.

The claim is the central proposition of a new book by Tim Whitmarsh, Professor of Greek Culture and a Fellow of St John’s College, University of Cambridge. In it, he suggests that atheism – which is typically seen as a modern phenomenon – was not just common in ancient Greece and pre-Christian Rome, but probably flourished more in those societies than in most civilisations since.

As a result, the study challenges two assumptions that prop up current debates between atheists and believers: Firstly, the idea that atheism is a modern point of view, and second, the idea of “religious universalism” – that humans are naturally predisposed, or “wired”, to believe in gods. Read more.